Wine bottle rack



June 26, 1951 J. s. EMMART WINE BOTTLE RACK Filed May 19, 1950 M f w o $4 um f2??? Patented June 26, 1951 5;".

WINE BOTTLE RACK John S. Emmart, San Francisco, Calif., assignor to Italian Swiss Colony, a corporation of California Application May 19, 1950, Serial No. 162,888

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a holder for wine bottles and the like.

It is desirable to the fullest enjoyment of wines that these be stored in such fashion that the cork in the wine bottle be kept wet so that it remains swollen and access of air is not permitted.

It is in general the broad object of the present invention to provide an improved wine bottle rack.

While wine bottle racks have been utilized heretofore, there has not been available upon the market a relatively simple and inexpensive device readily suited to the storage of wine bottles. The usual installations have been of a permanent nature, relatively costly, not suited to transport or the needs of the relatively small householder.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a relatively inexpensive wine rack of such construction that it can be readily moved about and installed wherever desired.

The invention includes other objects and features of advantage, some of which, together with the foregoing, will appear hereinafter wherein the present preferred form of wine bottle rack of this invention is disclosed. In the drawing accompanying and forming a part hereof, the single figure is a perspective view illustrating a wine bottle rack embodying this invention,

Referring to the drawing, the wine bottle rack comprises a first end member generally indicated at 6 and a second end member generally indicated at 1. Each end member is in the form of a loop having a front element 8 and a back element 9 joined together by a top element l 0 and a bottom element ll; each of the end members is rectangular in form, the front and back elements being spaced apart and parallel, as are the top and bottom elements In and II. The members are preferably made up of a length of wire joined to provide a continuous loop.

Extended between the front and the back elements 8 and 9 are vertical wire supports I4 intermediate of the front and back elements and joined to the top and bottom elements I 0 and I I.

A first horizontal wire support I6 is extended between the vertical wire supports l4, such support preferably including a plurality of arcuate valleys I1 therein to engage and support the midportion of a wine'bottle when the bottle is in a generally horizontal position. To provide further support for the bottle, second horizontal wire supports I8 are extended between the front members 8.

The first horizontal wire support I6 is provided at a first elevation while the second horizontal Wire support I8 is extended horizontally at a second elevation in such relation to the first elevation that the bottle is generally horizontal; as appears in the drawing, several bottles are shown, each engaged with one of the valleys, while its neck rests upon one of the horizontal wire supports l8.

To prevent accidental displacement, a third wire 20 is preferably extended horizontallyacross the back members 9 to engage the bottom of a wine bottle and provide a stop.

The top of the structure so provided preferably is covered with a wire grid generally indicated at 2| and which can be utilized as a storage space, or to support a second wine bottle rack, this being generally indicated by numeral 22. The structure disclosed includes three horizontal first wire supports it and three horizontal wire supports I8 so that three tiers of wine bottles can be provided; each of the horizontal wire supports It includes four valleys therein so that a total of twelve bottles can be mounted in the rack and displayed or stored in a relatively small space and yet with assurance that the wine will be properly supported. Being manufactured of wire, the device is relatively inexpensive and yet possesses adequate strength.

I claim:

A wine bottle rack comprising a first and a second rectangular loop end member each formed of a continuous wire and having a front and a back element parallel to one another and top and bottom elements parallel one to the other, the bottom elements supporting the rack, a vertical wire support provided in each of said end members intermediate the front and the back elements thereof and attached to said top and bottom elements, a first horizontal wire support extended between each of said vertical wire supports at a first horizontal elevation and having a plurality of arcuate valleys therein below said first horizontal elevation to engage and support a wine bottle between the ends thereof, a second horizontal wire support extended horizontally between the front elements of said first and second members at a second horizontal elevation to engage a neck on a wine bottle engaged with said first wire support to support the bottle substantially horizontally; and a third stop wire extended horizontally between said back elements of the int and second members, at a third horizontal elevation to engage the bottom on a supported bottle, said loop end members, vertical support, horizontal supports and stop all being so attached JOHN S. ENIMART.

REFERENCES CITED The follewing references are of record in the file of this patent:

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